Chizuru Kitagawa

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carri...

Sekki shichihenge

Anatahan

From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called...

Restoration Fire

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s...

Road of Chivalry

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by...

Whirlwind Magistrate

One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigate...

The Invisible Man Appears

A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use...

Fall of the Shogun's Militia

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerles...

Hana no shôgai

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed i...

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

Delinquent Girl

A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the optimistic scholar re...

Tange Sazen

Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of...

Foul Play

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysteriou...

The Bastards of Lawless Town

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

The Conspirator

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of on...

Tsukigata Hanpeita

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ide...

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

Bored Hatamoto film #21

The Elephant Who Waited

The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro and Hanako a...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy...

House of Spider Webs

Based on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical drama thriller st...

Souls in the Moonlight III

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the...

A Spectacular Showdown

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown betwe...

Island of Horrors

Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the other accordin...

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are...

The Man of Seven Faces

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

祇園物語　春怨

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between f...

The Black Hooded Man 2

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.

Young Lord and Second Son

A lord explores the lives of common people.

神変美女桜

Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).

Kaiketsu kuro zukin

First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.

Detective Hibari: Secret of the Golden Coin

A princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to be quite dull,...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Hanakurabe tanuki-den

Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kur...

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

Bored Hatamoto movie #11